The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure recently awarded Kansas City Water's Middle Blue River Green Infrastructure projects their Envision Platinum award.
These projects were specifically engineered to cut combined sewer overflows and improve water quality in the project region - which includes 744 acres of watershed flowing to two combined sewer outfalls.
Sustainability in … [Read more...]

Consultancy agency Black & Veatch have compiled a new analysis showing that water utilities in the U.S. have various priorities, mostly consisting of how to deal with aging infrastructure to how to finance necessary projects.
Notably, less than 10% of utilities surveyed placed climate change resiliency plans on their priority list.
Over 60% admitted that water supply and scarcity were … [Read more...]

In order to combat drought in Arizona, a partnership between the state's publicly owned supplier of Colorado River water and private water company Liberty Utilities has been utilized to replenish Groundwater.
With financial aid from the Central Arizona Project, Liberty Utilities will construct an $8 million recharge facility near Luke Air Force Base.
The CAP will pay $6 million of that … [Read more...]

This is the detailed video on "Sustainability" where Ross deliberates further on the topic.
While Ross placed "Sustainability" as the last topic of the "Introduction to Practical Asset Management" video seminar, he mentions that this topic could be placed within Future Demand or adjacent to the Risk sections of your Asset Management Plan.
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Ross presents the final video in the 16-video seminar "Introduction to Practical Asset Management", titled "Sustainability."
Find out Ross' reasons for keeping "Sustainability" as the last topic in this 16-video series.
How does an infrastructure management practitioner view sustainability?
Ross provides a holistic outlook of sustainability through the whiteboard session in this … [Read more...]

Ross is happy to present the Introduction to Practical Asset Management Full Version Series.
As he mentioned in the video above, these are intensive 20-30 minutes of sharing practical knowledge and learning for each of the 16 topics covered.
These topics are as follows:
Overview and Introduction to Infrastructure Asset Management
Appropriate Asset Management Practice
Asset Management … [Read more...]